ASCeXAM Review Course Agenda
and Faculty

TTE, TEE, Right and Left Ventricular Hemodynamics, Endocarditis, Chamber Quantitation, Systolic Function and Hand Held Echo

• Welcome and Overview of ASCeXAM/ReASCE Exam
  M. Saric
• Normal TTE Examination, Doppler Echocardiography and Normal Antegrade Flow Patterns
  N. Kelly
• Normal TEE Examination: Applications, Pitfalls, Probe Insertion and Manipulation, Risks and Complications
  R. Jain
• Echo-Doppler Assessment of Right and Left Ventricular Hemodynamics
  G. Aurigemma
• Endocarditis and Its Complications: The Role of Echocardiography
  R. Jain
• Chamber Quantitation: LV, LA, Ao (2D&3D)
  G. Aurigemma
• Global and Regional Systolic Function: Basics of Remodeling, Hypertrophy and LV Mass
  G. Aurigemma
• Hand Held Echo
  M. Saric

Spectral Doppler, Deformation, Stress Echo, Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Valve Disease, and Mitral Regurgitation

• Spectral Doppler and M-Mode Echo Cases
  G. Aurigemma
• Deformation Imaging
  A. Vainrib
• Stress Echocardiography: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
  N. Kelly
• Mitral Stenosis
  C. Taub
• Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease
  C. Taub
• Functional Mitral Valve Disease
  V. Rigolin
• Hemodynamic Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation
  S. Mankad

Mitral Valve Prostheses, Aortic Stenosis, HCM, Systemic Disease and Formulas

• Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Valve Prostheses
  N. Hamid
• How to Assess Aortic Stenosis
  V. Rigolin
• Different Variants of Aortic Stenosis
  S. Mankad
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  A. Vainrib
• The Athlete’s Heart
  N. Kelly
• Echocardiography in Systemic Disease
  S. Mulvagh
• Which Formulas Should I Know for the Exam?
  A. Narang

Physics, Knobology, Artifacts, Right Ventricular Function, Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valve Disease

• Basic Ultrasound Physics
  M. Saric
• Concepts of Imaging and Knobology
  S. Mulvagh
• Fundamentals in Doppler Physics
  M. Saric
• Artifacts: Theory and Illustrative Examples
  C. Taub
• Evaluation of the Right Ventricle
  V. Rigolin
• Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valve Disease
  C. Taub
• More Formulas I Know for the Exam
  A. Narang

Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Prosthesis, Cardiac Masses, Myocardial Infarction, and Interventional Echocardiography

• Quantitation of Aortic Regurgitation
  V. Rigolin
• Evaluation of Aortic Prosthesis
  S. Mankad
• Cardiac Masses and  Cardiac Sources of Embolism
  A. Narang
• Complications of Myocardial Infarction
  S. Mankad
• Primer of Interventional Echo
  R. Jain

Contrast, Congenital Heart Disease, Diastolic Function, Pericardial Disease, Diseases of the Aorta, Heart Failure and LVADs

• Contrast Echocardiography
  S. Mulvagh
• Commonly Encountered Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
  A. Cedars
• Pregnancy and Heart Disease
  A. Cedars
• Congenital Heart Disease: An Approach for Simple and Complex Anomalies
  B. Eidem
• Primer on Fetal Echo
  B. Eidem
• Echocardiographic Evaluation of Diastolic Function and findings in Normal Aging
  A. Vainrib
• Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pericardial Disease: Constriction vs. Restriction
  N. Faza
• Diseases of the Aorta
  M. Saric
• Echocardiography in Heart Failure, LVADs and Heart Transplant
  M. Saric